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2.
The work of afforestation is
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advancing obeadily, and it is satisfactory
to learn from
Mr Ford that no
less than 312 acres of this
onc
black and barren island have
now been planted with trees.
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The danger to which
trees were exposed
has been much -
reduced by the Fire Barriers to
which Mr Ford refers in one
of his
concluding paragraphs.
4.
preserving the forests, in consequence
The difficulty of
of the trouble there is in
getting.
the
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the Forests Guards to do their duty,
will, I hope, be almost entirely
overcome,
when the Trees Preservation
Ordinance, 1888, which formed the
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subject of my Despatch N.o 209 of the 25th ultime, receives Her
Majesty's gracious confirmation
and allowance'.
I have the honour to be,
My Lord,
Your Lordship's Most Obedient,
Humble Servant,
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